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Features, mavic, Tech, Tech news - December 10, 2020

A reinvigorated Mavic reveals an army of new wheels for 2021

The difficulties Mavic has faced in the past year are no secret, but thankfully new owners for the company were found in July and so the iconic brand lives on. All that uncertainty doesn’t seem to have slowed Mavic down much, though. We got an introduction in September to some of Mavic’s new wheel range …

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Tweak your road bike’s handling with Wolf Tooth’s new GeoShift headset

The steering characteristics of a road bike are the result of a complex interplay between a variety of critical dimensions, including — but not limited to — head tube angle, fork rake, fork length, trail, wheel flop, wheel diameter, tire width, and even stem length. For all practical intents and purposes, the key determinants in …

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Time Cyclo 10 pedal review: a hit in theory, a miss in reality

Time’s ATAC mountain bike pedals aren’t as popular as they once were, but they still enjoy a cult-like following for their enviable all-weather functionality, their excellent durability, and generous rotational and lateral float. Time now brings those same qualities to the gravel market with the single-sided Cyclo series, but based on my experience over the …

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Ten products I loved in 2020: Caley Fretz

Bikes are an escape. Or they should be, anyway. When they’re not, when kitting up feels monotonous and pedalling the same loop becomes wearisome, something has to change. For me, all it takes is grabbing a different bike. My riding is, if you’ll excuse the pun, cyclical. Different disciplines come in waves: a rolling tide …

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bike advocacy, Features, Industry, Tech - December 5, 2020

Bikes projected to outsell cars in Europe two-to-one by 2030

Three cycling associations this week announced a new forecast for the cycling sector, which showed that Europeans are expected to buy an extra 10 million bikes per year by 2030, a whopping 47% more than in 2019. The new 30 million per year total will take bike sales to more than twice the number of …

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